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Section 11

of Merchant Shipping Carriage Livestock Regulations 1961

State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 11 of 17

Section 11

(1)

Cattle shall not be carried in any part of the vessel where in ordinary course of navigation they would interfere with the proper management or ventilation of the vessel or with the efficient working of the boats.

(2)

Cattle shall not be carried on any hatch above a compartment where other cattle are carried.

(3)

Cattle shall be carried in pens, and shall not in any case be overcrowded so as to cause injury or discomfort.

(4)

Cattle on board shall be separately and securely tied by the head by ropes passed through eye bolts in the pen frames.

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Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Livestock) Regulations 1961

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